Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 480-003
Date: Thursday, April 15, 1971 at 11:02 AM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; Toumayan, Alex G.; Mosbacher, Emil ("Bus"), Jr.; Laraki, Moulay Ahmed; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/480-003

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[1:11] And also to express my thanks to you for receiving me this morning.
[1:28] It is always a pleasure for me to visit your country.
[1:29] A country in which I feel the greatest honor.
[2:11] of my visit.
[2:21] This connection was a preparation for His Majesty's slow-coming trip to Tokyo for a Chinese invitation.
[2:23] And you'll learn about the great interest that His Majesty attached to
[6:27] And it's the reason why, a few days ago,
[6:56] All the people of the world are getting more and more serious about it.
[7:49] We should be here.
[7:51] We will be done.
[8:20] All the countries and all the papers, even responsible newspapers like the New York Times and the World, they had declared that the convening of such a conference was done in order to declare a global war.
[8:36] But they realized that it was on the opposite and that for the first time the Islamic countries and the Arab countries were supporting
[8:58] And to be very candid, the situation right now in Medellin is not very good.
[9:33] Now, the technique of convening this meeting is to inject more realism into the outcomes of the events and to speak to them with great candor, as we have always done.
[9:48] If you look back at the history of the last 25 years, unfortunately, you must note that this is the history of events on the part of the
[15:36] Oh, yeah.
[16:15] So,
[18:25] present, there are bilateral relations that will probably be discussed, and then His Majesty will then depart.
[18:42] We realize that there is a certain element of inconvenience in the context of changing the nature of the military official to private, but we do not want that.
[19:20] The case here is not for taking a decision.
[20:25] We can't have this as long as we're together.
[22:01] He, uh, we, uh, as far as the town and airport is concerned, uh, we don't think that is hard on His Majesty's wishes or on His convenience.
[22:18] As far as the private visit is concerned, I would suggest that what he might do, if he could find, would be to, uh, come over, uh, say in the afternoon, uh, and, uh, uh,
[23:48] in that trailer.
[24:58] This is the protocol that you have to say deserves.
[25:05] But only if you're wrong.
[25:06] You don't need to know.
[25:31] that he wants, or may, again, I should say,
[26:09] uh
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[27:37] we would have a dinner in its honor and His Majesty would be able to return to his mother in the morning.
[27:57] The fact of a dinner would give, I think, a little more standing to this visit than to have a lunch.
[27:59] In these conditions, His Majesty would not have to go to his address, but would have to receive a declaration, except for the words that
[28:11] I think that a private visit should be held.
[28:29] We estimate that it would be more appropriate, it will remain, and it will remain important, if, in the case of such a private visit, a dinner will take place, rather than a lunch.
[28:33] A single dinner is not followed by all the other events that come to mind.
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[30:05] Thank you.
[30:36] Thank you very much, Mr. President.
[30:49] I would like to thank you, Mr. President.
[30:51] I would like to thank you, Mr. President.
[31:04] Thank you very much, Mr. President.
[31:05] Thank you very much, Mr. President.
[32:55] to be able to have leaders as useful to make
[33:28] of Morocco is only coming for a few hours.
[36:20] We'll be right back.
[37:26] And I don't know if King Mohammed V never served in the face of the assumption of responsibility.
[37:43] When his Majesty's father was here, you may recall President Eisenhower headed to the airport and then had a stroke that day.
[37:51] And that was the only time as Vice President when I was substituted for President Eisenhower as the host.
[38:07] to go out and .
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[40:21] Thank you, remember, if you get it this summer, you will want it.
[40:25] You'll get it this summer.
[41:57] That's a good one.
[42:00] That's a good one.
[44:12] hell it is.
[44:15] It's right up this minute.
[46:43] They certainly don't have much in front of them.
[46:45] All they see is somebody around them.
[46:46] What's the next message?
[47:18] of Brazil, but he's coming to .
[47:22] So there aren't many countries left
[47:53] We're going to do it.
[50:11] humiliated to make it come.
[50:43] to the right, yeah.
[50:49] Because he may be down the track next to you.
[52:27] Get ready.
[54:46] snow broke a bit and they decided to
[56:37] Ambassador, and he came and said to the Hanoi Ambassador,